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> It might be worthwhile to GPL implementations of those expired patents if they are at all likely to be useful. Probably not. It's always something stupid th
by indolering 5y ago
> It might be worthwhile to GPL implementations of those expired patents if they are at all likely to be useful.
Probably not. It's always something stupid that can be easily worked around.
The real problem is convincing a jury: no one wants to risk hundreds of millions of dollars based on what 12 random people think. nVidia caved to Intel after building a Transmeta style VLIW chip that could run x86 assembly because a decade long patent battle would have been costly and invalidated patents on both sides.